At least three fresh cases of dengue were reported last week in the national Capital, taking the total number of patients suffering from the disease to 45 this season. The Capital has also recorded 12 cases of malaria in which seven cases traced within a week.
Out of total cases of dengue, 36 diagnosed belong to other States, according to a data released by the South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) on Monday. Meanwhile, four new cases of Chikungunya were also reported, taking the total number of people suffering from the disease to 18.
Underlining some precautions to counter Dengue, Doctors of the Government hospitals in Delhi have advised to take precautions like using mosquito repellents, wear clothes which cover your full body and avoid places that are more prone to the diseases.
As per the weekly data released by the SDMC, ‘the staff of the civic body has found mosquito breeding in 8,546 households in the city till May 11. The report further stated that 10,280 legal notices have been served on owners of houses, hotels and others for various violations and 452 prosecutions initiated till My 11.
Among the areas falling under the three Municipal Corporations, the cases of breeding reported were from areas of north, south and east Corporations are 2,266, 5,072 and 1,208 respectively, the report said.
Usually cases of vector-borne diseases are reported between July and November but this year civic body has traced many cases in months of March and April. With spurt in number of cases, civic bodies have stepped up awareness campaign and deployed Dengue Breeding Checkers (DBCs) in various wards in order to check breeding and advising people to take precautionary measures.
“Our DBCs are visiting door to door to make people aware and along with they also spraying insecticides to kill larva. He said that the civic body has already adopted a number of measures to prevent breeding, including creating awareness by using various media, deploying more dengue breeding checkers, and desilting of drains.
A senior corporation official said that the regarding zonal officials have been directed take precautionary measures and to ensure there was no breeding of mosquito larvae inside the houses.
According to the SDMC, 10 people had died due to dengue in Delhi in 2017, of which five were not residents of the national Capital. Overall, the vector-borne disease had affected 9,271 people in the city last year.
